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Course: Algebra 1 > Unit 5
Lesson 6: Summary: Forms of two-variable linear equationsCreativity break: What do you do to get into your creative zone?
Experts share what they do to get into their creative zone. Created by Khan Academy.
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- I like to eat 10 divided by 2 apples a day and go into a hospital and see the doctors get launched into the walls due to my doctor-threatening aura from my intense apple-eating(16 votes)
- walking like Albert Einstein who also walked while he can't figure out solutions to real life problems(14 votes)
- The girl mentioned something about that you should just go for it anyways when you cant get into that flow state.(8 votes)
- Bling bang bang born is such a good song(1 vote)
Video transcript
(soft music) (marker scratches) (keyboard taps) - Whenever I wanna come up
with a solution to a problem and I don't have it, my immediate reaction is to
go outside and go on a walk. I love walking in all kinds of weather. I feel like with the peace and calm, moving away from the problem
and stepping away from it, sometimes I get way better
ideas and it inspires me. But, I also think there's
something to be said about not being inspired. Like, not always as amazing. I feel like sometimes I
get struck with inspiration for how I want to explain
a Khan Academy video or how I wanna approach a piece of art or how I want to approach a math problem, but sometimes it doesn't come. And so I feel like what
the best solution is when you are trying to get
into that creative zone and you can't, is just do it and try to do something anyway. Like write something or
write your equations, try to figure it out. And if you make mistakes, that's okay, because it's something to jump off of and sometimes seeing what you
already know down on paper can help you come up with better ideas and can help you be more creative. - Forcing yourself to
just conjure a solution, simply does not work. Instead, take a break from the task. Pick something else up, like a physical sport or even video games. And then come back to
the original problem. That can do wonders. (soft music)